Have to hold my hands up here. No denying that City steamrollered United and it was embarassing: Men v/s boys stuff. True, Chelsea had more chances in the first half and could have been 3-0 up. But you felt that City could come back and they did. I think the result gives hope to all other contenders. On paper, they could and should steamroller most sides. Somehow there is something not just clicking: may be the absence of Kompany, or Hart having his wobbles...
Backtracking now eh smithy? Dominated was the word you used, are you going to admit you were completely wrong?
Depends how you look it at. City (IMO) represented the best chance Chelsea had of being beaten at home in the league this season, at this level anyway. The fact that Chelsea have won every home game so far, having not played well for a full 90 minutes in any of them is an ominous sign for the rest of the league. The only dropped points we've had have been away to Everton, Spurs (10 men) and United. We'd probably be sitting joint top now had the ref not inexplicably sent off Torres. I think we will head into the international break top of the league and if we can stay there over the busy Christmas period I think we'd be strong favourites to win the league given fixtures that would remain. As for City it proves they can be beaten in big games and proves that they are defensively inept without Kompany. Hart can be got at and the gap between 1st and 3rd choice CB is huge and an area City will almost certainly strengthen in January. There's not going to be much in it this year, so there's increased emphasis on winning these type of games. City more often than not win games like yesterday.
